David Nasaw is the author of five book and is the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History of American History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His biography of Andrew Carnegie was a finalist for the Pulitizer Prize and his biography of William Randolph Hearst, The Chief, won the Bancroft Prize and the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize. He has served as a historical consultant for several television documentaries. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and other periodicals. He resides in... Read More

Children of the CityWritten by David Nasaw
Anchor | Trade Paperback | September 2012
$15.95/18.95(Canada) | 978-0-345-80297-2 (0-345-80297-7)

This classic title, which was the inspiration for the story behind the new musical Newsies, paints a surprising and indelible portrait of the bitter hardships, amazing resourcefulness, and unadulterated joys experienced by immigrant children in American metropolises at the turn of the century.

The turn of the century was a time of explosive growth for... Read more